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Ed Markey: “The program appears like a huge waste of taxpayer dollars and infringement on our privacy.”

On the recordSeptember 4, 2018
The program appears like a huge waste of taxpayer dollars and infringement on our privacy.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey criticizes the Quiet Skies Program for wasting taxpayer money and infringing on privacy.

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